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NCLEX Nutrition
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nclex
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health-sciences
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nursing
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health-fitness-nutrition
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
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This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. What color vegetables are to be consumed more of?
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
dark green - orange - drybeans
2 cups
2. What type of albumin levels will show malnutrtion?
low albumin levels < 3.4
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
decrease in total lymphocyte count
B and C
3. This tool assesses each body system for nutrent excess or deficiency
review of systems
cream cheese - cream or butter
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
4. How much more calories are needed for lactation?
rickets - osteomalacia
500 cal/day
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
5. How much milk is to be consumed per day?
cream cheese - cream or butter
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
3 cups
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
6. What orange vegetables are good to eat?
carrots and sweet potatoes
essential amino acids
vitamin K
diet recall
7. Food freqency questionnaire is used over this time period to track nutrients not consumed daily
300 cal/day increase
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
day week or month
fat soluble vitamins
8. What type of patients are to utilize nutritional screening initiatives NSI?
hemoglobin
pregnant women or elderly
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
9. What foods are good if patient. is vitamin A defecient and/or suffer from night blindness or xeropthalmia?
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
500 cal/day
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
6 oz. a day
10. Waist circumference correlates apple versus pear body type and reflects risk pattern for disease
apple is higher risk than a pear
dietary approach to stop hypertension
2 cups
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
11. What water soluble vitamins are easily excreted from body?
B and C
review of systems
essential amino acids
3 cups
12. Fats can lead to some medical problems
300 cal/day increase
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
protein and fat
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
13. What is normal albumin levels?
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
low albumin levels < 3.4
fat soluble vitamins
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
14. What is the recording tool for all foods/beverages consumed in last 24 hours includes time - location - portion?
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
diet recall
trans fatty acid
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
15. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram
fats
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
carrots and sweet potatoes
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
16. If a patient. was riboflavin B2 deficient what foods are good sources of B2?
2.5 cups
liver and intestinal synthesis
milk - enriched grains
low albumin levels < 3.4
17. Name six sources of grains
cream cheese - cream or butter
500 cal/day
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
protein and fat
18. How many calories/gram is protein?
300 cal/day increase
antioxidant - immune function
4 calories/gram
18-25
19. These nutrients required for proper growth - development - body repair - fluid and electrolyte balance - produce enzymes - hormones and antibodies
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
dark green - orange - drybeans
apple is higher risk than a pear
protein
20. If protein stores become depleted which can neagatively affect immune system of which lab value
diet recall
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
decrease in total lymphocyte count
21. What is RDA of protein?
protein
dark green - orange - drybeans
300 cal/day increase
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
22. Good overall indicator of nutritional status becaUse of long half life and maintain until malnutrtion occurs
albumin levels
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
milk - enriched grains
23. Protein stores show short term changes of which lab value
prealbumin levels
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
hemoglobin
18-25
24. What clinical administration is used and checked by albumin - prealbumin - and transferrin and overall nutrtion?
low albumin levels < 3.4
protein
TPN total parenteral nutrition
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
25. If fat intake is insufficient then expect these medical problems
albumin levels
2 cups
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
26. What foods have high quality protein?
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
dietary approach to stop hypertension
starches - sugars - and cellulose
meat - fish poultry - eggs and dairy
27. What foods are carbohydrates and provide energy?
dairy and fortified foods
4 calories/gram
hemorrhage
starches - sugars - and cellulose
28. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?
vitamin K
cream cheese - cream or butter
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
animal foods - fruits - veg - fortified milk
29. What is normal BMI?
transferrin
18-25
review of systems
carrots and sweet potatoes
30. What type of fat is to kept to an all time low for consumption?
milk - enriched grains
dietary approach to stop hypertension
trans fatty acid
antioxidant - immune function
31. What does DASH stand for?
fats
transferrin
B and C
dietary approach to stop hypertension
32. Where can you find good sources of vitamin E?
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
cream cheese - cream or butter
TPN total parenteral nutrition
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
33. What lab value shows iron stores of visceral body protein?
hemorrhage
protein and fat
protein
transferrin
34. What blood levels are checked for decrease in iron?
fat soluble vitamins
hemoglobin
2 cups
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
35. What function is vitamin A?
protein and fat
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
3 cups
atrophy or wasting of muscle
36. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?
dietary approach to stop hypertension
can consume more calories without weight gain
300 cal/day increase
sleep - fasting - starvation - undernutrition
37. What illness is a direct result of vitamin D deficiency?
6 oz. a day
2.5 cups
rickets - osteomalacia
day week or month
38. What are healthy sources of fats?
day week or month
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
18-25
starches - sugars - and cellulose
39. How much vegetables are to be eaten per day?
2.5 cups
fat soluble vitamins
liver and intestinal synthesis
carrots and sweet potatoes
40. What does basal metabolic rate BMR calculate?
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
41. Where can you find good sources of vitamin K?
dietary approach to stop hypertension
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
liver and intestinal synthesis
fat soluble vitamins
42. What is the function of vitamin E?
one tspn salt or less
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
starches - sugars - and cellulose
antioxidant - immune function
43. What function is vitamin D?
starches - sugars - and cellulose
rickets - osteomalacia
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
18-25
44. Promote normal metabolism - and prevent this nutrient from being used for energy
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
protein
fat soluble vitamins
45. How much grains are to be eaten per day?
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
starches - sugars - and cellulose
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
6 oz. a day
46. How much meat/beans should be eaten?
day week or month
protein
5.5 ounces/day
diet recall
47. Where can you get more vitamin D?
liver and intestinal synthesis
dairy and fortified foods
vitamin C - citrus fruits
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
48. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins
vitamin K
500 cal/day
fat soluble vitamins
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
49. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this
milk - enriched grains
atrophy or wasting of muscle
decrease in total lymphocyte count
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
50. The higher the BMR a client has --
can consume more calories without weight gain
trans fatty acid
18-25
fats